Clients never tell the whole story. Harry Stoner had taken a snowy drive to Cincinnati psychiatrist Phil Pearson's mansion to hear the tale of daughter Kirsten-emotionally disturbed and missing. But the doctor left out the parts about his first wife's suicide and his second wife's bedroom eyes that were already chasing the winter cold from Stoner's blood. That's why Stoner suspected the search for Kirsten could take a kinky turn. He'd seen teens driven...

An escaped convict encounters an enterprising prostitute at the start of this hard-boiled masterpiece. When Timothy Sunblade opens the door of his blue Packard to Virginia, their fates are forever intertwined. "Maybe if you saw her you'd understand," he reminisces. "Face by Michelangelo, clothes they drape on those models in Vogue, and a past out of a tabloid front page … Virginia, who came for one paid hour - and stayed for all eternity." After...

Sleep with the Devil, first published in 1954, is a hard-boiled noir crime novel by prolific author Day Keene (pseudonym of Gunnar Hjerstedt, 1904-1969). The novel follows Les Ferron, a borderline sociopath who commits a series of crimes, has two girlfriends - one "good," and one "bad - and a large amount of cash. The plot has twists along the way to keep readers engaged to the very end in this taut thriller.

The fire is out but the neighbors family cat somehow ended up near the back door of their restaurant. Raph and Mac think it was no accident. Then when it is also revealed that the daughter is thought to be missing they are sure. When they find her in an unlikely place they wonder if she unknowingly joined a cult. Will they be able to get her back?

Creator of the modern female private eye story, Marcia Muller has been writing novels and short stories about Sharon McCone since 1977. In the process, McCone has gained a host of associates and formed her own detective agency. Some seven years ago, Marcia Muller decided to show readers different views of her sleuth by relating cases through the eyes of McCone's colleagues. McCone and Friends contains three stories told by McCone herself, as well...

Being a private eye means helping the little guy and that is what Benny Cahill does for a living. The problem is: this kind of work can be bad for your health. After helping a jockey put a bet on a fixed race, Benny loses the money ands finds his client dead. With the cops eyeing him for the hot seat, Benny Cahill must bring the real killers to justice. All because a jockey had never heard of the phrase: "Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth".

Duffy's latest clients: The thieves of Heathrow Airport Down-and-out Duffy takes a stranger home from the pub for a one-night stand to take his mind off his scuffling private security business. But his bedmate surprises him with a job offer the next morning. Turns out Mr. Right Now is chummy with the freight thieves of Heathrow. The airport's crooks pride themselves on their restraint, but someone has been pilfering much more than his share. The Heathrow...

In the 40th Cliff Hardy book, Hardy plays a cool hand as a decades-old crime resurfaces and old scores are settled. Is Sydney gun city? It certainly seems so when Cliff Hardy is hired by entrepreneur and one-time pistol-shooting champion Timothy Greenhall to investigate the violent death of his troubled son. Soon Hardy is pitched into a world of crooked cops-former members of the Gun Control Unit-outlaw bikers, and honest police trying to quietly...

Hace cerca de un año que el cabo Holmes investiga sin éxito el triste caso del asesinato de un joven aristócrata local, que ha conmocionado a la bonita localidad de Corcubión, en la Costa de la Muerte gallega. La llegada de su amigo Julio César Santos, el millonario e irónico detective madrileño estimula el amor propio del guardia civil y lo fuerzan a replantearse la investigación.Entre ambos descubrirán que hasta las mejores familias ocultan...

¡LOGAN ES LA PRIMER PERSONA A QUIEN RECURRIRÁ PARA UNA VERDADERA ACCIÓN DETECTIVESCA! Y tres veces Logan, significa tres veces la aventura. El Hollywood de 1930 no solo eran estrellas de cine y escenarios. También era una placa de Petri donde el crimen crecía. El poder generando corrupción, los robos para alcanzar una vida de riqueza, y asesinatos por venganza no eran parte de alguna gran película. En estas tres historias, el Investigador...